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_049.jpg) Weightlifting girls' 63 kg at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on 12 October 2018. Snatch. | |||||||||
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| Nationality |  Nauru | ||||||||
| Born | September 22, 2001 Denig, Nauru | ||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||
| Event(s) | –64 kg, –71kg | ||||||||
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Maximina Uepa (born 22 September 2002) is a weightlifter from Nauru. She is the current Nauruan women's record-holder in the 71kg category for overall, snatch and clean and jerk.
Biography
Uepa was born on 22 September 2002 in Denig, Nauru.[1] Her father, Jezza Uepa, and her brother, Maxius Uepa, are both successful powerlifters.[1] Jezza Uepa won the World's Strongest Man in 2019.[2] In 2015 she was the youngest competitor at the Commonwealth Youth Games, aged twelve years old. She competed in the 58kg weightlifting category.[3]
In 2018 she was flagbearer for Nauru at the Summer Youth Olympics.[4] She was recognised as Nauruan Sportsperson of the Year (Female) in 2018.[5] She was a bronze medallist in the 63kg category at the Pacific Mini Games in 2017, only beaten by Mattie Sasser (gold) and Amanda Gould (silver).[6] In 2019 she moved from the 63kg to the 71kg category.[7] She is the current Nauruan Olympic record-holder in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall; this record was set at the 2019 Pacific Cup,[8] where she also won gold.[9]
Nauruan records
Current
| Event | Record | Date | Meet | Place | Ref |
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| 71 kg | |||||
| Snatch | 87 kg | 7 December 2019 | Pacific Cup |  Noumea, New Caledonia
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[8] |
| Clean and Jerk | 113 kg | 7 December 2019 | Pacific Cup | Noumea, New Caledonia
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[8] |
| Total | 200 kg | 7 December 2019 | Pacific Cup | Noumea, New Caledonia
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[8] |
Historic (1998-2018)
| 63 kg | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch | 85 kg | ||||
| Clean and jerk | 95 kg | 5 December 2017 | Pacific Mini Games |  Port Vila, Vanuatu
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[10] |
| Total | 170 kg | 7 April 2018 | Commonwealth Games |  Gold Coast, Australia
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[10] |
References
- ^ a b "Weightlifting | Athlete Profile: Maximina UEPA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ Fijivillage. "Nauruan powerlifter Jezza Uepa crowned World's Strongest Man". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Samoa ready to welcome the world as 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games begins – Government of Samoa". web.archive.org. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Olympedia – Flagbearers for Nauru". web.archive.org. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "An Evening of Celebration: First Annual Sport Awards". web.archive.org. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Mattie smashes Pacific Games records - The Marshall Islands Journal". web.archive.org. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Maximina Uepa". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Pacific Cup Noumea – NCL 07.12.2019" (PDF). OWF. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Ako claims three bronze – The National". web.archive.org. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ a b "Women's 63kg Results" (PDF). van2017.com. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.